Having observed a trend in rising trade, tourism, and foreign investment in Africa, Folake Edun, co-founder Towntalk is passionate about creating sustainable solutions to address the impact of insecurity on businesses in the continent. Edun teamed up with Disun Vera-Cruz and Dr. Tomiwa Erinosho to start Towntalk with a mission to build Africa’s most robust security intelligence and response infrastructure. Edun explained that the company has helped the community and business owners in Nigeria at the peak of the pandemic. “Towntalk gathered data when security and safety were on people’s minds at the height of COVID-19”. To do this, she mentors young women and has modeled her company to be 70 per cent women-driven.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2022 04:29 UTC